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Plot:
Adam Sandler takes a shot at critical respectability with Punch-Drunk Love, a movie by director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia). Sandler plays Barry Egan, a lonely ...( read more 
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MCT:May 14, 2008My least favorite Adam Sandler movie. Well, this and Little Nicky. It's so depressing. It's like Paul Thomas Anderson making another Magnolia but this time with Adam Sandler who's looking to prove himself as a serious actor. What does that equal? Meh. Philip Seymour Hoffman is awesome though. He can do no wrong.
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MCT:May 13, 2008Mon premier de P.T.A. On dit que c'est son moins bon; je l'ai trouvé excellent. Un scénario assez simple, avec quelques petits détails étranges qui le rendent amusant. Une très bonne performance de la part d'Adam Sandler, qui réussit à rendre son personnage crédible et attachant sans verser dans son habituel comique ridicule.
La réalisation est excellente, de même que les jeux de caméra à travers lesquels on peut reconnaître l'influence de Scorsese. De longs plans sans coupure très habiles, un rythme fluide et une ambiance générale agréable. Le travail de photographie rend le film délicieux pour l'oeil du spectateur; on voit que beaucoup d'attention y a été porté. Un bon film, accessible qui plus est, qui plaira autant au spectateur moyen qu'au cinéphile averti. -
MCT:May 13, 2008PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002)
directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman«didn't do anything. I'm a nice man. I mind my own business. So you tell me 'that's that' before I beat the hell from you. I have so much strength in me you have no idea. I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine. I would say 'that's that', Mattress Man.»
Barry Egan has seven time-consuming sisters. They are probably the cause of the emotional problems he has now as an adult. Sometimes he just freaks out for no apparent reasons. He cries a lot. He is shy in some way and lacks confident in himself. One evening, just because he needs to talk to someone, Barry calls a phone sex line, but I'll get back to that later. One of his sister wants him to meet Lena, a divorced woman with whom she works. He isnt too eager at first cause he fears the ways his sisters might bother him. Lena sees that and decides to go forward and ask him out, probably the best thing that could happen to him. They fall in love. In the meantime, in Utah, someone wants to scam him, using his credit card number he used for the phone sex line, but Barry cancelled his card, so they'll have to come all to way to California to get his cash.I realize my description of the plot may not make this film look that interesting, but dont forget, even though Adam Sander stars in it, its a Paul Thomas Anderson film, one of the brightest young filmmakers of the 90's, and that alone should be a good reason to want to see Punch-Drunk Love. If not, see it for Sandler's first dramatic role, cause he shows more range than people may think he has.
For Paul Thomas Anderson, Punch-Drunk Love is an unusual piece of film. Its actually half the length of his previous film and the total opposite of what he might have done before. Its strange, yet funny and it has a heart. Its also simple and a little complex at the same time. The weird soundtrack goes the same direction the story goes, with quirks and style, and some of the dialogues are simply hilarious.
Adam Sandler as I mentionned before shows a lot of range. Im personally not a fan of his, but rewatching this film recently, I realize what an amazing performance he gives in this film, all in subtlety. Emily Watson manages to play with that performance and make her character interesting, despite not being the center of attention. Philip Seymour Hoffman complete the cast as the small time villain of the film. P.T. Anderson's regular LuisGuzman should also be mentionned in a small role.
Punch-Drunk Love is a weird love tale. Its extremely romantic in its own strange ad despite being funny, its no romantic comedy. With great cinematography by Robert Elswit and a nice use of light and shadows, this film is getting better everytime I see it.
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MCT:May 9, 2008
El depresivo, inestable y violento Barry Egan (Adam Sandler, en su primer papel ?serio?), se encuentra obsesionado por descubrir un supuesto fraude en el concurso organizado por una marca de budines de chocolate: prometen miles de millas de viaje, por consumir un producto demasiado barato. Empresario en la industria de los ?destapacaños?, Barry además tiene que lidiar con sus manipuladoras hermanas y la urgencia de éstas por conseguirle una pareja, para así terminar con su soledad.
El guión es sencillo, narra una historia romántica minimalista, justo cuando Barry conozca a Lena (Emily Watson), para tocar fondo en su conflictivo estado mental y, probablemente, abrir paso a una nueva etapa en su vida.
Anderson hace gala de cierto artificio, a través de imágenes multicromáticas, difusas, deformes, para reflejar el estado mental de Barry, sus crisis y arrebatos emocionales, junto a una serie de efectos de sonido perfectamente editados. Barry es un personaje cargado de sorpresas, carismático y concebido desde las entrañas. Es una suerte de ?Popeye?, que en lugar de espinacas prefiere el budín de chocolate.
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MCT:May 6, 2008
didnt expect a movie like this from him... seems much more mature... a little too serious at times but a pretty good movie overall!
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xXxmcrLUVERxXxposted 299 days ago -
this movie is definitly on the darker side and it is really realistic in the way it was filmed. you dont feel like your watching a movie with movie stars , I felt like I was watching someone's life , things were not sensationalized . that is what makes this movie unique. the frustration you feel for the character during the film really tells you how well the director directed. you felt what the charactor felt.
posted 400 days ago -
incredibly inspirational to me as a wannabe filmmaker......the story and characters work so well with the beautiful cinematography and the sound compliments the mood, oh oh i could spout off all day about this quirky, heart-warming story and the intelligent directing!
all films should be like this, personal and beautiful and moving. if i could hug a film i'd hug this!posted 702 days ago
